Seasonal variations of the humoral immune parameters of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.).

Seasonal cycles, mainly due to great variations in the light duration and temperature, are important and modulate several aspects of the animal behavior. In the case of poikilotherms animals such as fish this is very relevant. Thus, temperature changes fish immunity and affects disease resistance. W...

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Autores: Valero, Yulema, García-Alcázar, Alicia, Esteban, María Ángeles, Cuesta, Alberto, Chaves-Pozo, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/312157
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/312157
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Season
Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia
temperature
protease
antiprotease
complement
Bactericidal activity
peroxidase
Lysozyme
European sea bass
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Sumario:Seasonal cycles, mainly due to great variations in the light duration and temperature, are important and modulate several aspects of the animal behavior. In the case of poikilotherms animals such as fish this is very relevant. Thus, temperature changes fish immunity and affects disease resistance. We evaluate in this work the season variations of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) humoral innate parameters focusing on winter months, at which the culture of this specie is more difficult. Our results showed that not all the innate immune parameters are depressed by low temperatures. Moreover, some of them are more dependent than others to the season and both temperature and photoperiod are operating together.